RADWIMPS – Sparkle Lyrics

“Sparkle (スパークル)” is the 12th track from the “Ningen Kaika” album released by RADWIMPS. It was released on November 23, 2016 and is used as the theme song for the anime “Kimi no Na wa.”.

Lyrics

mada kono sekai wa boku wo kainarashitetai mitai da
nozomi doori darou? utsukushiku mogaku yo

tagai no sunadokei nagamenagara kisu wo shiyou yo
“sayonara” kara ichiban tooi basho de machiawaseyou

tsui ni toki wa kita kinou made wa joshou no joshou de
tobashi yomi de ii kara kokkara ga boku da yo
keiken to chishiki to kabi no haekakatta yuuki wo motte
imada katsute nai supiido de kimi no moto e daibu wo

madoromi no naka de namanurui koora ni
koko de nai dokka wo yumemita yo
kyoushitsu no mado no soto ni
densha ni yurare hakobareru asa ni

unmei da toka mirai toka tte kotoba ga dore dake te wo
nobasou to todokanai basho de bokura koi wo suru
tokei no hari mo futari wo yokome ni minagara susumu
konna sekai wo futari de isshou iya, nanshou demo
ikinuite yukou

hajimemashite nante sa haruka kanata e to oiyatte
sennen shuuki wo ichinichi de iki shiyou

jisho ni aru kotoba de dekiagatta sekai wo nikunda
mangekyou no naka de hachigatsu no aru asa

kimi wa boku no mae de hanikande wa sumashite miseta
kono sekai no kyoukasho no you na egao de

uso mitai na hibi wo kikakugai no imi wo
higeki datte ii kara nozonda yo
soshitara doa no soto ni
kimi ga zenbu kakaete tatteita yo

unmei da toka mirai toka tte kotoba ga dore dake te wo
nobasou to todokanai basho de bokura asobou ka

aishi kata sae mo kimi no nioi ga shita
aruki kata sae mo sono waraigoe ga shita

itsuka kiete nakunaru kimi no subete wo
kono me ni yakitsukete oku koto wa
mou kenri nanka janai gimu da to omoun da

unmei da toka mirai toka tte kotoba ga doredake te wo
nobasou to todokanai basho de bokura koi wo suru
tokei no hari mo futari wo yokome ni minagara susumu
sonna sekai wo futari de isshou iya, nanshou demo

ikinuite yukou

English Version

Caught in a never-ending game

Seems like the world’s still trying to tame me

If that’s the way I will obey

Beautifully struggle everyday


Should we have a little kiss

while seeing both of our hourglasses

Let’s make a plan to meet somewhere that is

most far from ‘goodbye’


Finally, the time has come

Everything up ’til yesterday was a prologue

Skimming through the days of old

It’s my turn to bear the load

My experience and my skill

And all the courage I had let start to mildew

At an unprecedented speed I will

dive right into you


And when I dozed off into a lukewarm can of soda I

dreamed of a world so far from here, that’s not on the map

Searching outside of the classroom window

or in summer morning that’s brought from the commuting train


Words like ‘tomorrow’ or ‘future’ or ‘fate’

no matter how far they extend their hands

We breathe, we dream, we raise our love

in a timeless land that is far out of reach


Even the second, hour hands of the clock

they look at us sideways as they tick and tock

How I hope to have forever to spend

This life, no － all future lives

right here in this world with you


Let’s put away them far ahead

‘How do you do’s and all the ‘Nice to meet you’s

and breathe over a 1000-year cycle in a single day


How I hated lifeless world

that’s made up entirely of dictionary words that

I saw through my kaleidoscope

on a monotonous August morn


When you appeared in front of me

you acted shy but I didn’t miss your grinning face like

If it’s the textbook of this world

of how to make your smile on your face


I’ve been looking for ‘incredible’s, the meaning of ‘unbelievable’

I even hope for tragedies if it goes with the thrill

But then you were standing in a front of my door

with every piece in your hand that I could ask for


Words like ‘tomorrow’ or ‘future’ or ‘fate’

no matter how far they extend their hands

Let’s breathe, and dream, we play together in this place

What do you say?


Even the way that you loved

I swear I could smell the scent of yours

And in the way that you walked

I could hear that bright laughter of yours


Since one day you will disappear

I’ll keep every part of you

Make sure that it’s burned into the back of my eyes

It’s not a right that I’m due

my duty that is must have been kept


Words like ‘tomorrow’ or ‘future’ or ‘fate’

no matter how far they extend their hands

We breathe, we dream, we raise our love

in a timeless land that is far out of reach

Even the second, hour hands of the clock

they look at us sideways as they tick and tock

How I hope to have forever to spend

This life, no － all future lives

right here in this world with you




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